tonn

See also: Tonn, tónn, tönn, and tǫnn

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German tonne or German Tonne. See also tünn, which is loaned from an alternative form of the Low German word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtonʲː/

Noun

tonn (genitive tonni, partitive tonni)

1. ton, tonne

   See kamakas kaalub kaks tonni!

   This slab weighs two tonnes!

2. (colloquial, of currency) thousand, grand

   Mul istub pangas viis tonni.

   I have five grand sitting in the bank.

Declension

Declension of tonn (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		tonn	tonnid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	tonni
genitive			tonnide
partitive		tonni	tonne tonnisid
illative		tonni tonnisse	tonnidesse tonnesse
inessive		tonnis	tonnides tonnes
elative		tonnist	tonnidest tonnest
allative		tonnile	tonnidele tonnele
adessive		tonnil	tonnidel tonnel
ablative		tonnilt	tonnidelt tonnelt
translative		tonniks	tonnideks tonneks
terminative		tonnini	tonnideni
essive		tonnina	tonnidena
abessive		tonnita	tonnideta
comitative		tonniga	tonnidega

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tǫnn, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɔnː/

Noun

tonn f (genitive singular tannar, plural tenn)

1. tooth

Declension

Declension of tonn
f15	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tonn	tonnin	tenn	tenninar
accusative	tonn	tonnina	tenn	tenninar
dative	tonn	tonnini	tonnum	tonnunum
genitive	tannar	tannarinnar	tanna	tannanna

Related terms

• tannsteinur
• sagtonn, sagartonn

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tonn (“wave, outpouring, abundance”), from Proto-Celtic *tundā (“wave”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɑun̪ˠ/
• (Aran, Mayo) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɔn̪ˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige, Connemara) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠʌn̪ˠ/

Noun

tonn f (genitive singular toinne, nominative plural tonnta)

1. wave
   • 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:

     Briseann tonnta boga in aghaidh na gcarraigeacha thíos faoi.

     [original: Waves gently lap against the rocks below.]

Declension

Declension of tonn (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tonn tonnta vocative a thonn a thonnta genitive toinne tonnta dative tonn toinn (in certain phrases) tonnta forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tonn na tonnta genitive na toinne na dtonnta dative leis an tonn don tonn leis na tonnta

Derived terms

• fuaimthonn
• maidhm thoinne
• síneastonn
• tonn tuile

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of tonn

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tonn	thonn	dtonn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tonn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tonno and/or Sicilian tunnu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔnn/

Noun

tonn m (collective, singulative tonna, paucal tonniet)

1. tuna

Related terms

• tonnina
• tunnaċċ
• tunnara
• tunnaretta

 

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish tonn (“wave, outpouring, abundance”).

Noun

tonn f (genitive singular [please provide], plural tonnyn)

1. wave, billow

Derived terms

• tonnagh

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tonn	honn	donn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English ton.

Noun

tonn n (definite singular tonnet, indefinite plural tonn, definite plural tonna or tonnene)

1. a ton (usually a metric ton (1000 kg), but it can also refer to the British or American tons)
2. a tonne (metric ton)
3. (nautical) a displacement ton, gross ton or net ton (depending on context)

Derived terms

• gigatonn

References

• “tonn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English ton.

Noun

tonn n (definite singular tonnet, indefinite plural tonn, definite plural tonna)

1. a ton (as above)
2. a tonne (metric ton)
3. (nautical) a displacement ton, gross ton or net ton (depending on context)

Derived terms

• gigatonn

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tǫnn.

Noun

tonn f (definite singular tonni, indefinite plural tenner, definite plural tennene)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of tann

References

• “tonn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• tond

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ton͈]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *tundā (“wave”).

Noun

tonn f

1. wave
2. outpouring
3. sea
4. abundance
5. bog, swamp

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	tonnL	tuinnL	tonnaH
Vocative	tonnL	tuinnL	tonnaH
Accusative	tuinnN	tuinnL	tonnaH
Genitive	tuinneH	tonnL	tonnN
Dative	tuinnL	tonnaib	tonnaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: tonn
  • Irish: tonn
  • Manx: tonn
  • Scottish Gaelic: tonn

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *tondā (“surface, skin”).

Noun

tonn f

1. surface
2. land, earth
4. skin

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	tonnL	—	—
Vocative	tonnL	—	—
Accusative	tuinnN	—	—
Genitive	tuinneH	—	—
Dative	tuinnL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of tonn

radical	lenition	nasalization
tonn	thonn	tonn pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tonn (“wave, outpouring, abundance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ʰɔun̪ˠ/

Noun

tonn m (genitive tuinn or tuinne, plural tuinn or tonnan)

1. wave

Derived terms

• àmhainn meanbh-thonnach
• cumhachd nan tonn

Mutation

Mutation of tonn

radical	lenition
tonn	thonn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Tatar

Alternative forms

• tonna

Noun

tonn

1. ton (unit of weight)

   26 meñ tonn = 26 thousand tons. [1]

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German tanne, from Old High German tanna, from Proto-Germanic *dannǭ, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)dʰonu (“fir”).

Noun

tonn f (plural tonna)

1. fir

Related terms

• tenna